Black Friday

My little butterball turkey...good thing I don't eat turkey or I might have gobbled this one up!

Normally, Jeffrey has to work the day after Thanksgiving and I am left to do the Black Friday shopping on my own. This year; however, he has taken a late in to accompany me shopping. Listen up ladies-I have a winner. I didn't even ask him to do this-HE JUST DID IT! He wanted to be a part of shopping for Korbin's first Christmas with me. HOW SWEET! Although he will not be able to shop with me long (3-4 hours), I think that it will be enough to put a dent in our Christmas list. The other night, while we were waiting for our TV to be delivered at Target, I went to the toys section and was snapping pictures of toys I knew that I wanted to get for Korbin Bru. So after we eat Thanksgiving dinner, we will scour the Black Friday ads and map out a plan of action. 


We plan on tackling a few shops, then I will go on alone to finish while he goes to work. We are so excited to get this Black Friday on the move. We have been checking out the online previews of Black Friday ads since the stores started putting them out. 

LOVE THIS TUSH!

After a quick photo shoot with our little guy and fur baby girl!

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So after the Turkey had been carved and the last scoop of sweet potatoes had been served, we let our bellies enjoy for a while before heading home. Jeffrey decided that he wanted to attempt Black Friday on a Thursday, since my parents were coming to spend the night. They agreed to watch Korbin, (like I had to twist their arms). So we mapped out a quick plan of Target, Toy's R Us, and Walmart. (they are all within a 5 block radius so we thought it would be the easiest plan of action). Upon arrival at Target we were told the line stretched around the building and it would take those in line an hour and a half to even get in the door. So we high tailed it to Toy's R Us. We did have to wait in a short line to get in, and an even longer line to check out but we saved over 150 dollars, so it was worth it. We ended up not getting anything at Walmart or Target. 
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Now normally, I join in the Black Friday fun at 4 a.m. but this time I didn't make it out til 9:30. Hey, life is so much different with a baby. I tackled the mall and got quite a few gifts for my little guy, his sister and Jeffrey. I may or may not have sneaked a few items in for myself. :)However, after about 2 and 1/2 hours I was standing in the middle of JcPenney's. For some odd reason, I just stopped, right in the middle of shopping and was like "What in the heck am I doing?!" and proceeded to quickly as possible find the quickest path to the exit to go home to my sweet little face. I don't know if it was seeing all the women pushing strollers or seeing them carrying their little ones in the carriers that made me feel like this but it was like all of a sudden I had no clue why I was out in the mayhem, fighting over a doorbuster item (not really-I wouldn't fight over something to save a buck). Pure and simple, I wanted to be home snuggling next to my little guy. When Jeffrey called from work later on to ask what I was doing he was shocked to learn that I was home. He couldn't believe the girl who shops on Black Friday for usually a total of 12 hours was home in less than 3. 




Lesson learned for this girl. I don't want to sacrifice moments with my son to save a dollar. I will be finishing all the rest of my Christmas shopping ONLINE-so we will wait for Cyber Monday-which I have never done and may end up loving and making another tradition for me. 

IN THE CHRISTMAS BLACK FRIDAY SPIRIT!